The loneliest train station in the Illawarra

Lysaghts Train Station has less than 50 passengers a month, and can only be accessed through BlueScope. Video by Robert Peet and Joel Ehsman

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00:00This is Lysart's train station, one of the only train stations in New South Wales which

00:03is request only, meaning you have to ask a train attendant at a different station to

00:07stop the train here or you can signal to a driver.

00:10Now this station is unique because it's surrounded on both sides by Blue Scope Steelworks, meaning

00:14to actually get to the station you have to either come by train or go through private

00:17property.

00:18It's one of the only stations in New South Wales that does that and it's pretty special

00:22for that reason.

00:23Statistics show that Lysart's station has less than 50 travellers per month going in

00:27and out of the station.

00:28There are gates on either side of the station which you need a Blue Scope pass to get through,

00:33meaning that you can't even get to the station from the public roads.